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Model demonstrating the assembly of a prefabricated concrete construction system for Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School, Hammersmith, London

RIBA Ref No RIBA28532
Architect/DesignerGoldfinger, Erno (1902-1987)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1950
Image Date1950
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumModel
Library ReferenceMOD/GOLD/9
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectModernism: Modernist Materials ; Construction sites ; Concrete ; Prefabrication ; Cranes ; Schools
NOTES: Goldfinger invented his own prefabricated concrete system for the building of Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School. A crane moved across a concrete platform, dropping the uprights into holes prior to positioning the cross beams into the grooves, as demonstrated in this model.
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